Housing
Neeraj Mehta 9-10-2009
For many Americans, our current housing crisis, banking meltdown, and global recession are increasing the risk of falling into poverty.
Neeraj Mehta 8-25-2009
I'm not sure I completely understand the health-care debate. But I'm going to take a shot and put down my thoughts and would love additional education, feedback, and thoughts as well.
Becky Garrison 8-10-2009
In the August 2009 issue of Harper's Magazine, Brooklyn-based writer Rachel Aviv penned an article titled "Like I was Jesus: How to Bring a 9-Year-Old to Christ." I was intrigued enoug
Melanie Weldon-Soiset 7-24-2009
People of faith can celebrate today as the federal minimum wage increases from $6.55 to $7.25 an hour.
Bart Campolo 7-17-2009
Recently a bunch of people e-mailed me the same New York Times column, which cited a variety of scientific research s
Nate Van Duzer 7-17-2009
Last week the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released a study analyzing the effectiveness of our country's safety net programs.
Elizabeth Palmberg 7-07-2009
Charlotte Keys, of Jesus People Against Pollution in Columbia, Mississippi, who was http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0903&arti..." href="https://sojo.net/%3Ca%20href%3D"http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0903&article=a-toxic-">http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0903&arti...
Neeraj Mehta 6-24-2009
Why are people poor? I remember being asked this question 10 years ago while training for a program I was volunteering with.
Barbara Grady 5-27-2009
Troost Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, has been dividing rich and poor, black and white, jobless and employed in this city since the days of Jim Crow when it was a legal line of segregation.
Neeraj Mehta 5-26-2009
A standard definition of community development often goes something like this:
Anonymous Guest Contributor 5-21-2009
In the upcoming weeks and months, desperate people will knock on the doors of almost every church across the nation to ask for emergency financial assistance.
Jim Wallis 5-05-2009
In 1965, in a last minute move, the American Football League switched its All-Star game from New Orleans to Houston.
Mary Nelson 3-03-2009
Several years ago over 100 of us were arrested for blocking a Capital building entrance and protesting tax cuts for the 5 percent wealthiest people and program cuts from WIC, food stamps, college a
Leroy Barber 1-16-2009
This week, for the second time in a few years, I found myself walking the streets of a city talking to pastors and people about how Mission Year could help them recover from a devastating storm.